Drugs and

their effects
Most common drugs:
-Top 8:
1-Alcohol
2-Tobacco
3-Marijuana
4-Prescription drugs
5-Cocaine
6-Hallucinogen drugs
7-Heroine
8-Methanphetamine…
 Alcohol
TEMPORARY EFFECTS YOU MIGHT NOTICE WHILE
DRINKING ALCOHOL (OR SHORTLY AFTER) CAN
INCLUDE:

FEELINGS OF RELAXATION OR DROWSINESS

A SENSE OF EUPHORIA OR GIDDINESS
CHANGES IN MOOD
NAUSEA AND VOMITING
HEAD PAIN
LOSS OF COORDINATION

Tobacco

REDUCE YOUR LIFE EXPECTANCY AND YOUR

QUALITY OF LIFE
INCREASE YOUR RISK OF MANY CONDITIONS
AND DISEASES AS WELL AS OF DYING
PREMATURELY.

 Marijuana

FEELING HIGH (EUPHORIA)

A SENSE OF WELL-BEING
RELAXATION
HEIGHTENED SENSORY EXPERIENCES:
SIGHT
TASTE
SMELL
SOUND

Prescription
drugs:
effects of prescription drugs
include:
Anxiety
Euphoria
Excessive sleep or inability to sleep
Hyperactivity
Mood swings
Nausea
Unusual muscle movements

Cocaine:
cocaine side effects can also include:
Nausea
aggressive behaviour
Anxiety and paranoia
Psychosis (difficulty to know what
is real and what is not)
Fit or heart attack
Death

 Hallucinogen
drugs:
Changes in sense or perception of time (time
goes by slowly)
Hallucinations, including seeing, hearing,
touching, or smelling things in a distorted way
or perceiving things that do not exist
Intensified feelings and sensory experiences
(brighter colors, sharper sounds)
Mixed senses (“seeing” sounds or “hearing”
colors)
Heroine:
Nausea and vomiting.
Grogginess.
Dry mouth.
Itchy skin.
Lower than normal body temperature.
Slowed respiration.
Slowed heart rate.
Methanphetamine
Convulsions
Less appetite
Feelings of great
pleasure
Insomnia
Tremors
Anxiety
Paranoia
Violence
Hypothermia
Vocabulary:
Groginess:weak and unable to think clearly or walk correctly,
usually because of illness or being tired
paranoia:is the feeling that you're being threatened in some
way.
itchy(skin):characterized by an irritating sensation of the
skin. of, relating to, or having a longing or desire to do or
have something
euphoria:a feeling or state of intense excitement and
happiness.